The discovery of Richard III’s skeletal remains under a car park in Leicester revealed the final resting place of the last English monarch to die in battle. We know that he was killed at the Battle of…

The physiological stress of the heat accumulates and takes its toll after two or three days.
AAP Image/Joe CastroJanuari 17, 2014

Hopefully the southern Australian heatwave is coming to an end – for now. But for health-care providers and death investigators, such as me, the fallout will continue for some time to come. It’s unclear…

Silent Witness, more added glam to the final exam.
BBC PicturesDesember 19, 2013

Pulling bullets out of homicide victims makes up part of my job as a forensic pathologist, but not the most interesting part. No, I love a head-scratcher. Dead for no clear reason is the real whodunit…